Software Engineer

What you need to know about the role Software Engineers at PayPal develop innovative solutions and high-quality products that touch millions of people every day around the globe. Our engineers solve some of the most complex technical problems in the world of connected payments across all business units, including PayPal, Braintree, Venmo, Paydiant and others. Meet our team We are the PayPal SREs - Infra Dev Services Engineering team primarily responsible for building incident prevention platforms, tools, automation to prevent incidents and improve developer productivity. This team is the driving force behind improving the reliability, performance, and availability of software systems in PayPal. Our team is looking for a Software Engineer with strong Java skills, solid real-world experience designing and building systems at scale. Passionate about code craftsmanship, continuous improvement, and agile development. Possess a keen desire to deeply understand our products and services to push our technology forward with respect to functionality, performance, reliability, and scalability. Needs to be dynamic, collaborative, and curious as we build new experiences, improve existing products, and develop distributed systems powering the world’s largest e-commerce and payments tech giant.

Your way to impact

We are looking for an experienced highly skilled Java Engineer to join our development team. In this role, you will lead the design, development, and maintenance of robust platforms responsible for identifying issues caused by changes proactively.  You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable and efficient solutions that drive our business objectives.

Your day to day

• Designing, developing, and delivering software related to platforms using Java and front end technologies.
• Completely own the productionlization, and delivery of the technical solutions that improves productivity, drives operational efficiency.
• Follows design principles of software engineering and build features to ensure the scalability, performance, and reliability of large-scale applications
• Develop efficient, elegant, clean code.
• Work cross-functionally with other engineering, architectural teams, Product, Vendors, project management teams.
• Lead code review sessions
• Continuously look for opportunities for automation to build efficient products.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences.

What do you need to bring

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. 
• Experience:  2-4 years of experience in Software development.
• Technical Skills: 
• Strong Object-oriented programming skills and expertise in Java, JavaScript
• Experience with REST API’s, Java frameworks such as Spring, Unit Testing and build tools.
• Working experience with databases such as MongoDB/MySQL/ Oracle etc
• Exposure and Understanding of NoSQL databases and microservices is a plus.
• Proven track record in delivering highly available, scalable systems on time
• Conversant in design patterns
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience in Unix based development environment
• Experience in QA methodologies, test automation and automation frameworks
• Experience in JUnit, Selenium, code versioning tools, such as Git. 
• Experience working in payments or financial services industry is a plus.
• Experience working in any of the front end technologies such as React,Angular,Node is a plus

**We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply.

Our Benefits: At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.
We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com
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PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering more than 400 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit paypal.com.
PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com.
As part of PayPal’s commitment to employees’ health and safety, we have established in-office Covid-19 protocols and requirements, based on expert guidance. Depending on location, this might include a Covid-19 vaccination requirement for any employee whose role requires them to work onsite. Employees may request reasonable accommodation based on a medical condition or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.